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Alcohol-related deaths also rose during the pandemic, up 25 percent in 2020 from the previous year. But deaths - which have surpassed 140,000 statewide - have been rising in every state for decades. Few places have seen a bigger increase…

A federal labor official who presided over Amazon's challenge to a union victory at a Staten Island warehouse has recommended dismissing the challenge, the National Labor Relations Board said Thursday.The Labor Committee official, known as…

The owner of Geronimo - a plump, soft, highly divisive 8-year-old alpaca - lost her last legal effort on Wednesday to save him from execution.A UK high court rejected Helen Macdonald's attempt to halt the warrant for Geronimo, who is…

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday sought to revive the nation’s stalled push to vaccinate Americans against the surging Delta variant of the coronavirus, announcing new requirements for federal workers to be vaccinated and urging…

Chris Kempczinski, McDonald's, speaks during a press conference in New York on November 17, 2016.Shannon Stapleton | ReutersBased on preliminary results, McDonald's shareholders approved the re-election of all board members for the company…

Amazon workers in a huge warehouse in Alabama voted strongly against the formation of a union on Friday, suppressing the most significant labor force in the history of the internet giant and dealt a crushing blow to organizers, Democrats…

The study aimed to collect data on brain activity from children ages 1 and 3 during home visits, and researchers managed to get the first set of data for about two-thirds of children before the pandemic broke out. Since home visits are…

These are questions that secular public health institutions are not equipped to answer, he said. "The deeper problem is that the white evangelicals are not even on their screen."Mr. Chang said he recently spoke to a colleague in Uganda…

Rally organized by the Workers' Assembly Against Racism in support of workers in the Amazon camp in Bessemer, Alabama, to unionize rights in Union Square across from Amazon's Whole Foods Market.Lev Radin | LightRocket | Getty ImagesThe…

It was one of the most famous experiments to bring indoor live performances back to New York City.The Park Avenue Armory decided to use the cavernous, flexible space of their 55,000 square foot drilling hall to hold a short season called…